ISIS supporters followed up the release of the video with a series of “thank you” notes posted on social media, rubbing in the fact that ISIS is armed in great measure by US bungles.

Pentagon officials are reluctant to admit their mistakes, especially the big, obvious ones and today defended the airdrops on the grounds that “most” of the parcels of weaponry dropped ended up in Kurdish hands.

Pentagon officials said they couldn’t confirm the authenticity of the video, but that this was the sort of weaponry that was dropped and that it was possible. They promised a probe of the incident.

Author: Jason Ditz

Rick, they actually do have it right – the Pentagon wants both sides armed so that the war will continue for at least 30 years. "… “most” of the parcels of weaponry dropped ended up in Kurdish hands" is obviously good enough for government work.

ssulrich

They got it exactly as they wanted it. This was not meant for the Kurds but for the terrorists being supported by the US and its filthy allies in the region.

Montaigne

Perhaps you overestimate the ability to think in those circles. They are not educated to rational thinking, only pragmatic, delusionary "thinking". Mussolini and Hitler was infected by the same way of "thinking". And seemingly, only the killing/isolation of the scoundrels can eliminate that social sickness to go on – and on – and on….

Derek

I have believed from the beginning that the "fight" against ISIS was a sham, and that it would be used as a cover for the real goal: to eventually overthrow Assad. This mistake – if it is a mistake – only reinforces my expectations.

persnipoles

…I remember writing here "you know you're an idiot when the enemy sends you thank you notes." I see now that I was wrong.

See, there are many necessities in war. Food, medicine, fuel, equipment,… Strangely, nobody includes enemy. Properly motivated (even 'supported'), troops can fight without equipment and fuel. With sufficiently aggressive recruiting (e.g. kidnapping), they can even fight without food. But wouldn't it just suck to run out of enemy? Jeez, if it weren't for treason you'd just never occupy hemispheres other than your own.

Augustbrhm

Scram: get out of the middle east you cause too much trouble.

anndoc

Operation Fast and Ludicrous.

curmudgeonvt

I wonder how long before Issa calls for another inquisition – I mean investigation.

Farflungstar

See the commenter – dopes at Daily Beast saying it was a plan…that, that the equipment could be laden with trackers and the like in order for the US to better bomb ISIS / ISIL – the seemingly glaring mistake is actually, all part of some master plan us peons just cannot comprehend…LO to the L.

This is another strong case against unwarranted meddling: US gets involved and often makes a bad situation worse.

RickR30

Ha, that's hilarious. Given the success of the first one, here comes Fast & Furious 2: Middle East edition.

oddie

and freshly-armed ISIS is back on top in Kobani. once you ignore the US official narrative, & simply follow facts on the ground, it all fits the plan to overthrow Assad, which is still on the mind of Ceylan below. listen especially to the last ten minutes or so. Turkey and US are working on a strategy, Ceylan says repeatedly. indeed.

BBC Hardtalk: Turkish Ambassador to NATO – Mehmet Fatih Ceylan
Hardtalk travels to Brussels to speak to Turkey’s ambassador to Nato, Mehmet Fatih Ceylan. Turkey has been criticised for its failure to act against Islamic State, so is Ankara finally ready to confront the threat they pose? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p028q52w

french amb to DC on Bloomberg today – overthrow of Assad on his mind too.

note the url: "US praises Turkey for letting fighters into Kobane". it has now been changed to "Iraq’s Peshmerga sending fighters to Kobane" but this quote is still loud and clear:

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf: "I would disagree with the
notion that there's some split between us (US and Turkey) on how to fight this threat.
Overarching goals here are exactly the same. We have constant conversations
about tactics and strategy and how we should go about that." http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/…